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Funds for Castigated Coast

The regional representative of the Central Government, Antonio Sanz, announced that Madrid would be spending nearly 47m euros on coastal repairs. As for the Costa Tropical, it will receive 1,120,000 euros of the above sum – the majority of the 46.670,000 euros is going to the more badly hit coastlines of Huelva and Cádiz. The…

Groyne Building Underway

With Semana Santa out of the way, heavy machinery has moved in to carry out beach-defence work; i.e., the construction of a groyne as part of a launching ramp for embarkations.

Embellished Beaches

If you walk out to the furthest reaches of the Puerta del Mar beach – in front of the Eroski supermarket – you will have to cover 200 metres before reaching the water. This extensive area of beach is thanks to the parallel breakwater, and in only a few years!

Groyne Grows Beach

There is good news down Velilla way with the termination of the groyne work. Even in the short time that this beach-protection construction has been working its way out, metre by metre, the beach to the east of it has grown quite noticeably.